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Hierapolis
Sacred city, a city of Phrygia, where was a Christian church under the care of Epaphras (Col 4:12, Col 4:13). This church was founded at the same time as that of Colosse. It now bears the name of Pambuk-Kalek, i.e., “Cotton Castle”, from the white appearance of the cliffs at the base of which the ruins are found.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Colossians 4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
